Guideline Development

Australian involvement in guidelines specifically for patients with diseases of the peripheral arteries has to date been limited. Global adoption of NCRE-PAD findings requires their incorporation in national and international guidelines. Senior members of the NCRE-PAD have joined a number of international and national guideline and consensus groups to promote evidence based guidelines relevant to PAD and facilitate translation of important findings from the NCRE-PAD into policy. Examples include:

A) International

The World Health Organisation working party on the Global Burden of Disease assessment (CIB)

The Transatlantic Inter-Society Consensus on the management of PAD (CIA)

The International Standards for Vascular Care Australia and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery (CIB, CIG)